Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
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state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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municipal seat
A municipal seat (Spanish: ; ) is the administrative center and seat of government of a municipality or civil parish, with other villages or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil, Colombia,Ezequiel Zamora Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan
census
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Father Capuchino Fray Pedro de Berja founded the city of San Carlos de Austria on April 27, 1678.Alcaldías Digitales
Demographics
The San Carlos Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 83,957 (up from 62,140 in 1990). This amounts to 33.2% of Cojedes's population.
Government
San Carlos is the
shire town
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of the San Carlos Municipality in Cojedes. The mayor of the San Carlos Municipality is Pablo Rodríguez. The last municipal election was held in April 2013.
Sites of interest
Historical sites
* La Blanquera, a historical colonial-baroque style house founded by a wealthy family of
Conquistadores
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in the 18th-century
* Catedral de San Carlos
* Iglesia Santo Domingo
* Iglesia San Juan Bautista
Squares and parks
* Plaza Bolívar
See also
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List of cities and towns in Venezuela
This is a list of cities, towns and communities in Venezuela. The state capitals are marked with a *.
List
See also
* List of cities in Venezuela by population, a list that only includes cities with no less than 100,000 residents in ...